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l To whom it maful Improvements in Roofs, lowing is a speciticatiom. reference being had to the accompanying which shingles fo materiall than iin t ie ordina shown inthe described.

shinglesare lai f a greater poition of the length o may be, and in the l left uncovered by the shingles in the next' results in a material sav" parture in this practice of laying shin cut away of Shing manner of tu ends of the 3 is a detail, being Beit known tha sub'ect of the King at (/hicago, in 'the y concern:

. iENs c. P..BENsoN, or eH'IcAGo,-iLLmois`. .l I. i y

Specicatlon of Iietterslatent. 4. Patented-Selah `22, 13d? LJENs C. P.` BENSON, a of Denmark, and residin county of Cook, State o Illinois, have invented certainnew and usefhis invention roo s for buildings produce a tight roof.

of which the foldrawings. f

relates to improvements in ,l and has for its object to and durable structure inrm smaller a part, but of which a number are employed Iy construction of shingle I attain this object by the -means drawings and hereinafter fully That which I bellievefto be new will be set forth in the claim.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a pers ec- -tive view of a my improved roof is a the ends of the Shing flush with the sides of the end row in order togement es relative arran lnngles. Fig. 2 is tion at line 2-2 of the turned do Referring erds secured to portion of ming down and shingle-covering strips; and

a building to W ich4 plied. In this gure e-covering strips are more clearly show the 'of the said strips and a detail being a cross sec` Fig. 1 and illustrating the securin v the an end elevation, showing wn ends of the covering strips that are shown insection in Fin. 2.

t the several drawings in which indicated by the samere ei'ence etters,--A represents the we 'clined roof rafters; and

iigures ofthe corres ondinv parte are of a building; B, in-

C, cross-pieces or, ters and to which be nailed,`said the raf .i ree parts being of ordinary form and cong struction. D indicatesshingles'iaid upon and secured to the Y cross ieces or boards C. These the usual way explllaht eac s g e construction shown is,

gher row, which arrangement, of course,

gof shingles. Derom the ordina anner gles is made feasible by material that can cured. to the shin folded and sebe bent or gles, as hereinafter de- Fig:

affected by dampness, and no scribed, and as shown in the'l.-drawin eavy tar paper has been found byine tolise -the best for this purpose. 'l l Eindicates the strips referredto, a. separate strip being -employed in connection with each row of the shingles D.

In constructinomy im the strips E will be lai parallel with the lower one ofthe crossfpieces or boards C and A row o upon the stri and v with one of its edges resting on the upper face of such @cross pieceV or board. shingles will thenbe .laid nailed to said cross-piece or board the nails passing through the strip'E and holdin it firmly at one edge between the shingles an the said lower cross-piece or board. VThis strip of iiexble material is then turned or bent around the lower row of shingles, its free edge extending over the next crosspiece C. Another strip E is t 'en laid with one edge over the upper edge o the tiret-laid strip, this second strip extending down loosely over the vfirst row of shingles that have been covered by the first strip,and a row of shingles laid and nailed,l

the nails passing through both layers of ma,- terial beneath it and holding them and the shingles to the second cross-piece or board C.

his' second strip isthenl turned or .folded over the lower or butt ends of the second row of shingles, and thereafter each succeeding stri and row of shingles are secured together an in to.Fig. 1, it will be seen that by this con; struction 'the lower portionof each row of shingles is completely nail-heads are exposed or 1n position to be portion of any of the shingles is exposed to the weather. In said Fig. 1 is also shown the position of cine of the covering strips in the osition it occupies when a row of shingles ias been nailed 1n position over one edge of before such strip tion to cover said shin les. ered row of shingles the eads of the securing' nails show and are indicated by a. At b is shown a joint in one of the strips E. When it is necessary to have a joint, I prefer to make4 it with the over-lapping end cut dia pnally asV shown, thus rendering it less liab e to admit water than if such end was otherwise cut.

has been turned into posi- In this uncov- As stated in the brief description of Fig. 1,

covered by one of the iiexible strips and that when so covered no- :ins Pennini.. crnica.. .L i

roved roof one of lower or butt ends of the place as inst described. By reference such strip and I I Y i lthe ends of :the strips Ears there shown cut oft' even with the ends of the cross-pieces or boards C,such cutting off in that illustration v being solely for more clearly showin ,the

5 manner of securin thestrips around thel nfp'ractice, the ends of' the strips will be left projecting for a con v siderable distance 'beyond the shingles and rows of shinvles.

will Vbe folded down over the outer edges of 10 the shingles and theends of the cross-pieces or boar C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and then nailed as shown in those twoiigures to the sides of the end rafters B. These turned -down ends are indicated by c, and, as indi- 1.; cated in Fig. 2, part of the material turned down will consist of three "thicknesses due to the fact that the longitudinal fold 'or bend that. is given to 4the material when turned 'around the butt-ends of the shinglesis cong; tinued into the projecting' ends and this double thickness is turned down to lie against the single thickness at the forward end of the 'immedla'tely preceding strip., Againstthese 1 fseeiozzf .l

turned dowi Vends c any desired trimming can of course be secn'red. 25"- By rn invention I provide a constructionv of roof di constructed." l, c

What I claim as my invention and desire to v secure by Letters Patent is 30 i at is economical, durable and readily i In a roof, he combination with rows of shingles, andv supports for the same, of'a' 'series of ie'xible strips, each strip extending at one edge beneath the butt ends of one row of shingles and being secured in place at said 35 edge by nails passing throu li said shingles andthe strip into one of saifgl supports, said strip being bent or turned around said shin le-ends and covering said securing nails,

and aving its other edge vextended beneath 40 the flexible strip lthat covers the next adjacent row of shingles.

' Witnesses: if

CnAs. J. RYBERG, ANDREW BENsoN.

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